Video: Sci-Fi Rockers Sing the Praises of Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicists rarely get new-wave punk songs dedicated to them. But very few astrophysicists are as cool as Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The new song “I’m With Neil,” by sci-fi-inspired rockers The Phenomenauts, is a killer track. And the music video (above), which is chock-full of the scientist’s best media appearances, is meant to be as much of an homage to Tyson as the song itself.

The band wrote “I’m With Neil” after an appearance by Tyson on The Daily Show. “We have been aware of how great Neil is for a long time,” Phenomenaut guitarist/vocalist Commander Angel Nova said in an email to Wired. “When he was on The Daily Showtalking about how we needed to double NASA’s budget, we decided to — rather than just jumping out of our seats and cheering — that we should make a song to encourage our fans to love him too.”